Using Markets to Deal with Commodity Price Volatility : What Can Governments and Donors Do to Develop Markets that Ameliorate Commodity Price Volatility?

Commodities are often at the heart of local and sometimes national economies. Commodity prices are notoriously volatile, creating instability and uncertainty for commodity-dependent developing countries. Commodity price instability undermines econo...

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Main Authors:	Larson, Donald, Varangis, Panos
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ASSET MANAGEMENT AUDITING BANK RESERVES BANKING SERVICES BASIS RISK BROKERS CENTRAL BANKS COMMISSIONS COMMODITIES CONSUMERS CREDIT RATINGS DEBT DERIVATIVES DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EXCHANGE RATE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL REFORM FISCAL CONDITIONS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FUELS FUTURES GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IMPORTS INCOME INDEMNITY INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS INVENTORIES LAWS MARKET INSTRUMENTS MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET PRICES METALS PERVERSE INCENTIVES PRICE CHANGES PRICE RISK PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRODUCERS PROGRAMS RESERVES RISK MANAGEMENT SAFETY NETS SECURITIES SOVEREIGN RISK STOCKS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMMODITY PRICE FLUCTUATIONS COMMODITY PRICES COMMODITY PRICING POLICY COMMODITY STABILIZATION MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE STATE INTERVENTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/01/717442/using-markets-deal-commodity-price-volatility-can-governments-donors-develop-markets-ameliorate-commodity-price-volatility http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11502

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